1993 Monte Carlo Masters
Encyclopedia
The 1993 Monte Carlo Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 87th edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9
of the 1993 ATP Tour
. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club
in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
, France, near Monte Carlo
, Monaco
, from April 29 through April 26, 1993.
The men's field was headlined by. Other top seeds in the field were.
won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising star Cédric Pioline
in 97 minutes. Sergi defeated Cedric in straight sets, 7-6(2), 6-0.
The top 2 players in the world, Jim Courier
and Pete Sampras
, were absent from the tournament. Only 4 seeds failed to win their first round matches: Fabrice Santoro
, Henrik Holm
, Karel Nováček
, and Arnaud Boetsch
. The top 8 players all received byes into round 2. The highest seeded player not to make it into the third round was second seed Boris Becker
. He was defeated by Swiss player Marc Rosset
. Other casualties in the second round were Guy Forget
, Michael Stich
, and Goran Ivanišević
In the third round, only 1 seed, Petr Korda
, lost to an unseeded player; however, seeded players Richard Krajicek
and Ivan Lendl
lost to fellow seeds Andrei Medvedev
and Sergi Bruguera
respectively. A qualifier managed to advance to the final 8. The quarter final draw was -
Stefan Edberg
, Cédric Pioline
, and Thomas Muster
all eased through into the semi-finals. However, the other match lasted a little longer, as Sergi Bruguera
defeated Carlos Costa 7-6(8) 6-2.
In semi-finals, Pioline stunned Edberg in straights, while Bruguera scraped by Muster 6-4 1-6 7-6(7), saving match points. After over and hour and a half of tennis however, Bruguera was victorious defeating the Frenchman in straights.
Bruguera won his second title at Monte Carlo in 3 years, and was his final win in a Masters final.
The tournament, despite his loss in the final, started Pioline's long career.
Sergi Bruguera
def.
Cédric Pioline
, 7-6(2), 6-0
Stefan Edberg
/
Petr Korda
def.
Paul Haarhuis
/ Mark Koevermans
, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 87th edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9
ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...
of the 1993 ATP Tour
1993 ATP Tour
The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the ATP tour. The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP...
. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club
Monte Carlo Country Club
Monte Carlo Country Club is the home of the ATP's Monte Carlo Masters tournament. It is also the base of the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy....
in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France between Monaco and Menton. The name was changed from Roquebrune to differentiate the town from Roquebrune-sur-Argens in the neighboring Var Department.-History:In pre-Roman times the area was settled by the...
, France, near Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....
, Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
, from April 29 through April 26, 1993.
The men's field was headlined by. Other top seeds in the field were.
Review
Sergi BrugueraSergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...
won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising star Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
in 97 minutes. Sergi defeated Cedric in straight sets, 7-6(2), 6-0.
The top 2 players in the world, Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...
and Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....
, were absent from the tournament. Only 4 seeds failed to win their first round matches: Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other...
, Henrik Holm
Henrik Holm
Henrik Holm is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won five doubles titles during his career. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 July 1993, when he became the number 17 of the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:*...
, Karel Nováček
Karel Novácek
Karel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia . Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States....
, and Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera...
. The top 8 players all received byes into round 2. The highest seeded player not to make it into the third round was second seed Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
. He was defeated by Swiss player Marc Rosset
Marc Rosset
Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
. Other casualties in the second round were Guy Forget
Guy Forget
Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...
, Michael Stich
Michael Stich
Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...
, and Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivaniševic
Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...
In the third round, only 1 seed, Petr Korda
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...
, lost to an unseeded player; however, seeded players Richard Krajicek
Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...
and Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
lost to fellow seeds Andrei Medvedev
Andrei Medvedev
Andriy Medvedev , is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Medvedev made a splash on the international tennis scene when, as a 17-year-old, he won titles in Genoa and Stuttgart...
and Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...
respectively. A qualifier managed to advance to the final 8. The quarter final draw was -
- [1] Stefan EdbergStefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
vs Andrei MedvedevAndrei MedvedevAndriy Medvedev , is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Medvedev made a splash on the international tennis scene when, as a 17-year-old, he won titles in Genoa and Stuttgart...
[7] - Cédric PiolineCédric PiolineCédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
vs Jonas SvenssonJonas SvenssonJonas Svensson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice both times as unseeded player....
[WC] - [11] Sergi BrugueraSergi BrugueraSergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...
vs Carlos Costa [14] - [8] Thomas MusterThomas MusterThomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...
vs Àlex CorretjaÀlex CorretjaÀlex Corretja i Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in 1999...
[Q]
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
, Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
, and Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...
all eased through into the semi-finals. However, the other match lasted a little longer, as Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...
defeated Carlos Costa 7-6(8) 6-2.
In semi-finals, Pioline stunned Edberg in straights, while Bruguera scraped by Muster 6-4 1-6 7-6(7), saving match points. After over and hour and a half of tennis however, Bruguera was victorious defeating the Frenchman in straights.
Bruguera won his second title at Monte Carlo in 3 years, and was his final win in a Masters final.
The tournament, despite his loss in the final, started Pioline's long career.
Men's Singles
Sergi BrugueraSergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...
def.
Cédric PiolineCédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
, 7-6(2), 6-0
Men's Doubles
Stefan EdbergStefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
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Petr KordaPetr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...
def.
Paul HaarhuisPaul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...
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Mark KoevermansMark Koevermans
Mark Koevermans is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1987. He represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the third round by Brazil's Jaime Oncins. The right-hander, nicknamed Koef, won one...
, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5